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General UHP Grabbers
3
18.75%
Hankook Ventus ST RH06
8
50.00%
Toyo Proxes S/T
3
18.75%
Toyo Proxes S/T II
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12.50%
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Which tire has best traction?

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Old 07-19-2010, 01:35 PM
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Originally Posted by TX Tahoe Z71
For what it's worth, I couldn't find any Grabber UHP's when I was tire shopping for three weeks. I found one tire in California, a pair in New Jersey in my size and that was it. Discount tire told me they were discontinued, their words, not mine.
i bought mine back in nov/dec? so dont know if they are discontinued, if so then that blows, cause my truck hooks pretty damn good on the street with them...
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Originally Posted by ap2002
i bought mine back in nov/dec? so dont know if they are discontinued, if so then that blows, cause my truck hooks pretty damn good on the street with them...
Now that I think about it, I think they said they discontinued my size (275/60/17) That was back in mid October 2009.
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nitto nt555.... i had those general grabbers and i spun for days
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Originally Posted by ap2002
the nitto 555r would be the best but they are way up there on price....
you can blow money trying every tire in the poll, or you can just get the only one that will work the first time.
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The nitto nt555r requires a 9" minimum rim width for that tire and my rims are only 8.5" so this is why I am looking at street tires.
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Originally Posted by trever1t
285/60/17 for both the Proxes and now the Hankooks. Honestly I am impressed with the Hankooks, they hold better and are quieter, not to mention cheaper
They don't list that size on their website anymore. I guess a 275/60R17 wouldn't be too bad, only a half inch shorter.

I'm still about a year out from buying tires yet anyway.
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i have the hankook ventus ST RH06's and I LOVE THEM!! My tire size is 305/40/22 and even with 470 rwhp i can barely chirp them when flooring it at 5-10mph They grab very well for a street tire atleast a lot better than the nitto 420s' i had on there.
Those i could floor anywhere under 40mph and light them on fire till my truck shifted to second
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Originally Posted by 04gibbstahoe
The nitto nt555r requires a 9" minimum rim width for that tire and my rims are only 8.5" so this is why I am looking at street tires.
i ran 305/45-18 on a 8" wide wheel and it was just fine. i think it required a 9.5" wide wheel but it worked perfect on my 8" wide wheel.
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Wheatley can vouch for this, from a dig, I only chirp the Hankooks. They hook hard. I put down 367/407 at the rear and have 3.73's, for reference.
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back when my truck had the 5.3 and 3600 stall and all boltons we were running 1/8 mile due to the weather and i managed to put down a 1.87 60' with my Toyo Proxes S/T. i never ran anything else so i can really say on the others.


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